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bued with the idea of what importance it is ta 
preserve the style^ which characterizes the pro- 
ductions of the art among nations, who are more 
or less removed from civilization. What a 
difference in the truth of the outlines between 
the hieroglyphics published by Norden, and 
those we find in the work of Zoega on the obe- 
lisks, or in the description of the monuments of 
Egypt, with which the Institute of Cairo has 
lately enriched the sciences ! 
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Five Mexican warriors : 
the first three wear the dress called ichcahuepilU, 
a kind of cuirass of cotton, three centimetres 
thick, and covering the body from the neck to 
the waist. The soldiers of Cortez adopted this 
armour, which they named escaupil ; a term in 
which we scarcely trace a word of the Azteck 
language. The ichcahiiepilli was a perfect 
security against darts : but we must not con- 
found it with the coats of mail of gold or copper, 
worn by the generals, called lords of the eagles 
and the tigers^ qiiauhtin and oocelo, on account 
of their armour in the shape of masks. The 
bucklers, chimalli. Nos. 1 and 2, are of a very 
different form from those figured by Purchas 
and Lorenzana*. The shield No. 2, has an 
* Purchas, Pilgrims, tom. 3, p. 1080, fig. LM; p. 1099, 
fig. C ; pi. 4, fig. F. Lorenzana, Historia de Nueva Espana, 
p. 177, 8, et 2. Adwnos militares. 
